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Two press Release's and program for "The Fashion Show Poetry Event" held at the Center for Inter-American Relations, New York City, January 14, 1969. Organized and conceived of as an artwork in itself by Eduardo Costa, John Perreault, and Hannah Weiner. Music by Davin Seay and Diane Kolisch. Fashion works by James Lee Byars, Enrique Castro-Cid, Eduardo Costa, Allan D'Arcangelo, Rubens Gerchman, Alex Katz, Nicholas Krushenick, Roberto Plate, Marisol, Sylvia Stone, Andy Warhol, Susana Salgado, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Les Levine, Alfredo Rodríguez-Arias, and Juan Stoppani. Includes press release ; list of artists with titles of work and models (including Bernadette Mayer and Anne Waldman) ; a more in depth press release with a statement of intent ; artists statements about the project from Eduardo Costa, Hannah Weiner, and John Perrault with biographies.